The Board of Public Works approved the $3.3 million contract Jan. 2 with Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc. for a high-resolution geophysical survey off the coast of Maryland.

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State officials are moving forward on plans to conduct a survey off the coast of Ocean City related to developing offshore wind.

The Board of Public Works approved the $3.3 million contract Jan. 2 with Coastal Planning & Engineering Inc. for a high-resolution geophysical survey.

The money for the contract will come from about $30 million the state of Maryland received in a settlement agreement with Exelon Corp. last year in its bid to take over Baltimore's Constellation Energy. ...